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WEEK J li . ID Vol. XXXII.-No. 45. i Hertford, Perquimans County N6rth Carolina, Friday, November 12, 1965. ,ents Per Copy vDnt!iiloC!i?i5t,fToDG s I - i The Christmas Parade ,' Committee imposed 'of the Perquimans" County .Chamber of Commerce, : the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and i the Hertford Fire Depart- ment has adopted the theme of "Back to Christ" for the Christmas Parade to be held ifa, the city of .'Hertford at A P. M. December 2. It is urged that each church, club and fraternity, take part in the parade along with the schools, Boy Scouts, - Girl Scouts, riding clubs and community associations. i A committee of six min isters met at the Municipal .Building in Hertford on No vember 1, and recommended the following - flosits to be supplemented by various i marching units ; . and : other : chdiirs as Well as groups either on floats or marching; singing Christmas carols. - 1 The Angel appears to Mary. i 2.1-Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem.; 3. The angel and shep herds. 4. The Nativity scene. 5. -4The temple scene. ' 6,-iFo ur : disciples lean ing, nets and boats. (Continued on Page Six) Prizes lire Set v 1 : : Recognition is to be given ft) 'the best decorated home or business in the county for the Christmas season. " The general ' theme will be the same as the Christmas Pa rage "Back to Christ" : " The homes and Jhe ; busi nesses should , be decorated to carry out thia theme and "U-'is . KdUi:b)E!iPer-r, quimans ;Chamber' of Com-' merce ottice xnat you nouiy the Chamber office in Order that " you ! may- be liBted for the inspection by the Judges. The judging will be- on the best appearance and the au thenticity of the' decorations; When you ' list your home for judging with the Cham ber office include instruc tions on how to find your home and the hours that they -may see your display. Chamber . Manager Leon Edwards says, "Let's make this a' grand Christmas for everyone." r Student Council Week Observed Gov. - Dan K. Moore has designated ' November 7-13 as Student Council Week in North Carolina. Following is a statement -by GovT-Moore: "The training ground for future civic, business ' and political leaders"! of our state and nation is, I think, prop erly in the junior alid senior tlgh schools. "In this connection, it is obvious that the North Ca rolina Student Council Con gress, composed- of. 250 such schools throughout North flbrolina is doing a ' com mendable job in this field. , "Designed to promote more effective student participa 'tion in school affairs, the y atucteni council congress is noiaing lis annual conven tion this year at, Walter Wil liams High School in Bur lington, November 7-9, in clusive. - . "' , , " I am pleased, therefore, to designate the week of No vember 7-13, 1965,' as Stu dent Council Week in North Carolina and urge that every effort be- made" in - coopera tion with, education officials, civic organizations, the news media and individual ctizens to bring this worthwhile en deavor to the-' attention of everyone in North Carolina to insure continuing leader ship in the years to come." ',. " . ; LOU VICKERS AT . . faT. OLIVE COLLEGE'' Lou I. Vickers, daughter of FIr. and Mrs- Royce Vickers 'and granddaughter of A Mrs. J, Ellie White of Church '-eet, is included In the list students attending Mount a Junior College, at Mt ;, N. C A record enrollment of 352 i f j registered for class n the coHeje opened e ISCj-LJ Ecu-jmic Christmas L- J HUBERT WHITE BURDEN Students Named Two ' Perquimans County students .have been awardec teaching fellowships at Eas Carolina College during the 1965-66 school year. Hubert White Burden, X 1965 ; graduate of Atlantit Christian College (AB) anc Roger M. Nixon, a senior a' ECC, began their duties thi: quarter. Burden is assigned to th( biology department and Nix on is in the School of Busi ness..? . - .-' . . . The graduate students are among 65 college graduates who. are currently ' worljrim as teaching! fellows in 14 de partments of instruction a East Carolina Nixon is on of only four outstanding seniors,' selected t'" partici. pate in the program. i vr. -Heady -adf . lhp.s:.teachjnf-r ECC's Graduate Division. Se lection 'is based on acadepii performance,. ability, ' in f specialized f,ield .and promis Of success in , the. ECC ' mas ter's degree, program, -''.,K.r Under - the . supervision 6 regular ' professors, , they- con , duct' some classes and handle other teaching assignment while working toward grad uate degrees at East Caro lina. Burden is the son of Mrs. Ruth H. Burden, . Route 2 Hertford. .- Nixon fs the son of Mr and Mrs. M. E. Nixon, Stat Route, Winfall, Meeting Held The Hertford Business and Professional Womens Club met Thursday night at the home ' of J Mrs. Vcoxanna C. Jackson ait which time they prepared ,and . stuffed envel opes for the TB Christmas Seals.':-;, lv-i'fi: -'r-- During the short business meeting presided over ' by Mrs. Esspe Burbage, presi dent a report was. given on the organization of the Health Career Club in the local high, school. .. Mrs. Mary W, Cobb - was appointed club representative: to the Health Career Club; the, club voted to build 1 a float- for the Christmas parade; Mrs. "Mary Dale Lane was appointed to fill the vacancy' of secretary and Mrs. ' Sally McN. Lane reported f that the xr club Christmas 1 party would be held on Saturday night, JDe cember ll. . Cookbooks were distributed to each- rmember for sale with Mrs.' Cobb act ing as chairman of this pro- ject..H...K:',;v--,:-;:'-'- Mrs. Burbage s announced that in -'place ;of the - club's regular . supper .; meeting for November, the f members' would , attend the aiwa TB Association meeting ? to ; be held in . Hertford on Thurs day, November 18. ATTEND PHARMACY IAY AT UNC, CHAPEL HILL Mrs.' Jimmy Stallings and Mrs. Carroll Williams. 'Miss Harriett Williams and Miss Xpnnie Sawyer, attended Pharmacy Day at the Uni versity of -North tCarolina, Chapel Hill last Saturday and visited John Stallings and Charles Woodard, phar macy students at the univer-- Sity, vvt.v.is'A..;.i.r TeaehingFellowj ByBPVClub PcnthersEnd 135 Season The fighting Green Panth ers of Perquimans Union School, Winfall, N. C, ended regular season play by de feating the John A. Chaloner Hawks of Roanoke Rapids, Friday night by a score of 14-6. ' This final win of the season gave the Panthers un disputed , possession of the Roanoke - Chpwan Athletic Conference crown. Last year the Panthers finished second in' the conference. This year saw them amass 206 points, while holding, their oppon. ents to 50 irr Winning nine contests. ; Friday night's win was not an easy one, for Perquimans. A homecoming crown of over 800 saw the Hawks of Roa noke Rapids draw first blood as their hard-running full back .scored in the first quar ter and limit Perquimans to sporadic, meager yardage. Mid-way the second quarter Perquimans' ' hard - running fullback, Matthew Leigh, took a handoff from Quar terback Edward Ferebee and raced 40 yards to tie the icore at six-all as the first half ended. During "the half, Mary Skinner. a junior. wa? "irowned "Miss Homecoming" Continued on Page Six Pocahontas Club Ten members of the Per juimans County Marching Jnit, accompanied by In tructors Mrs. Anna Harmor ind Mrs. Janice; Boyce, or Monday night ;' traveled It Slizabeth City and performec or the Elizabeth City Poca lontas Council, i They did ar ndian dance routine and cted out an Indian love .tory composed by the girls ind one of their instructors ; jpriori to their performana he Marching Unit enjoyed; t lelicious buffet supper serv-4U-by 4he Pocahontas .mem Continued oh Page 5 ;y dinner Named n Field trial 1 The Albemarle Beagli ?lub.held a sanctioned field rial the 31st of October. Judges were Cliff Parrisl ind Ray Birdwell from Kin ton, with hounds entere 'rom Hampton, Va., and Bal imore, Md., Kinston and tht lbemarle area. Result; were as follows: ' , 15-inch Class 1st Nottaway Mr. Boston owned by Jimmy Sawyer. 2nd Walk-a-Line Brownie wned .by John Bowman. 3rd Ben's Jim, owned bj Ben Owens. ' ' . 4th Bobaway Bugler, own ed by Carl Sawyer, U 5th 31aines Packlin' Snooper, owned by Pete Schlette. Y . 13-lnch Class ' . , 1st Sawyer's Freckles owned by Mr. and Mrs. A. L Sawyer. 2nd i Carlyle's Little-Bit owned by Carlyle Sawyer. ' 1 - Srd-Lane's1 Rusty, owned by Thomas Lane. . J 4th Tommy, owned by Thomas Cobb. i 5th Griffin's Brownie owned by S. D. Griffin. i FORMER RECTOR TO HOLD COMMUNION 'Rev. E. F. Moseley of Chapel Hill, former rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, will hold two Com munion services at the Holy Trinity Church on Sunday. The first Communion will be heid at ,8 A. M. and the oth er at 11 A. M. ; On Sunday evening "at 6 o'clock there will h8 a cov ered dish supper -at. the . Pari (sh House and, all members are ' urged to-attend, as a very important meeting will follow. ' Indians close season with game this week ' , ,The Perquimans Indians will meet . the ; team . from Northampton - here on Me morial Field Friday night in the last game of the current season. , - . h OES MEETING . The regular meeting of the Hertford Chapter No. 137 Or der- of Eastern Star will be held in the Masonio Lodge rooms Monday night, Novem ber ; 15 at ; which time, ' the District Deputies, Mrs. Edna Barnett of Buxton and Mr. Jack Finn of Manteo will pay their official, visit. s Siven Program Cotton Farriers Hill Vote Wovcisr 23; Odlotinfj !c important l w GUEST SPEAKER Rev. James A. Auman, executive director of the Association of Methodist College, will be guest speaker during the 11 o'clock worship service at the First Methodist Church in Hertford Sunday, November 14. Rev. Robert L. Bame is pastor at Hertford. Mr. Au nufn represents three of the Methodist colleges in the iVorth Carolina Conference namely Louisburg College, Louisburg; Methodist College it Fayetteville : and North Carolina Wesleyan College at Rocky Mount. . He is con cerned with development, re cruitment and financial pro motion. Talk Is Given By Mr. Conklin Charles Conklin of Green ville; area director for the health Career Clubs, was the speaker at the Perquimans High School last Wednesday morning. Introduced by Miss Hulda- Wood, T Public' Hfealth Nurse, Mr. Conklin discuss ed the set'upj Of the Health Carter Clubs, in; high schools, how they ai organized and! the purpose of their: organi-.: zation. He -said that projects were selected on the- basis of what was the most inter-, st to the group as a whole. , He then showed a film made in N. C, which followed one of the projects selected by a club in a N. C. school. Mr. Dutch Overton, guid ance counselor of the Per quimans High School, pre- Continued on Page Six Illness Fatal To J. T. Lane J. Thomas Lane, aged 43, died Sunday - night in - the Albemarle Hospital after a long illness. - - - , ' ' He was a native of Per quimans; County but was living at 908 Williow Street, Elizabeth City. He was the husband of . Mrs. ' Polly Wynn Lane, son of Tom and Bessie Stallings Lane, and a member Of Emmanuel Bap tist Church. He is survived by his wife, jtwo sons, James and Dennis Lane; one daughter, Sandra Lane; Johnny . W. Lane, all of Elizabeth City, and two grandchildren. Wirislow Attends Dealers' Meet Gov. Dan K. Moore will address t h e -16th ; annual North Carolina , Automobile Dealers , Association v area chairman , dinner being held Friday, November 12, at the LSir Walter Hotel in Ra leigh; according to an an Oouncernent by NCADA Exe Cutive' Secretary Mrs. Bessie P. Ballentine. " . - The' area chairmeh; who represent the state automo bile dealers association on 'a local level, have just' com pleted ' an extensive' member Ship drive for both NCADA and the National 'Automo bile Dealers ' Association. ' Attending from , here will be Mr. and f, Mrs. Cecil E. Winslow. - 'v v 'i-'i i..--' JAYCEE TURKEY SHOOT IS SCHEDULED NOV.. ' The annual' turkey 'shoot sponsored by the Hertford Jaycees will be held Satur day, November- 13, M at the Perquimans County High Schoof on the football field. Grand prize this year, is a 20-guage shotgun on display i riarmon's Pharmacy. . r ',ttovember 23 is an im portant '. day for cotton in Norlh Carolina. Two refer endums of cotton growers will; be held simultaneously on l that date at places in eachi cotton county designat ed -by County ASCS offi cial. Polling places for the No vember 23 cotton and pea nut referenda have .been se lected by the Perquimans County committee as listed: Belvidere Charles Lay den's store and White & Chappell's store. Bethel Corprew's Grocery. Hertford At the Agricul tural . Building, j New Hope R. S. Turner's store and A. E. Turner's store. i Nicanor Wink Winslow's ' Plarkvillc Morgan's Gro cery (formcily Fred Wins lowis store). A referendum will also be held to determine whether cotton farmers are in favor of permitting the lease and sale of cotton allotments to farms outside Perquimans County. Approval of two thirds of the growers vot ing would be required before transfer outside the county would be permitted. riational marketing quota referendums for both cotton and peanuts will be held. The cotton quota vote will be for the 1966 crop only. The decision on peanut quo tas will be for three years. In each of the referendums approval of two-thirds of those voting is required for the issue to carry. BSalomonson J TWO from DENMARK The 1965 Christmas Seal artist, shown above, and the first Christmas Seal both came from Denmark. The Christmas Seal came here in 1907, and Frede Salomonsen, a commercial art ist, in 1946. A boyhood bout with TB gave Salomonsen a special reason for wanting to design tne Heal, which supports the fight against TB and other respiratory diseases. Frede Salomonson, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, now living in Saint Paul Minn., is the designer of tht 1965 Christmas Seal in spired by the thought oi "man's desire and obligation to help his stricken fellow man," calls his dual design. "Kernels of Life." As a boy, he contracted tuberculosis and spent tw( years recovering from the disease. Salomonsen believes that Christmas Seals provide t priceless opportunity foi everyone, to take part in the effort to eradicate tubercuo sis and control other respira tory diseases. v He is known . as "Bif Fred,"., s tands six feet sb inchesNnarried and the fath er of two children.; He haf been earning his living sincf he '-was 16 years old as e commercial artist. OhK To Hold Field Trial The Albemarle Beagle Club will - hold a ' field trial . the 14th of November. Twq experienced , judge' from Hampton, Va., wil.' judge this trial. Drawinr for both classes will be al 8:00 A. M., at the Clubhouse Lunch will also , be served at the Clubhouse. . The club has over 50 acrer of fenced-in running ground with; plenty, of rabbits to in, sure a smooth running trial., , You do not have to. be e club member . to enter thesf trials and everyone is wel come. Seal Designed Cancer Study Underway Here The American Cancer So ciety's" cancer , prevention study is undergoing its sixth and final followup poll in Perquimans County, Miss Hulda Wood, study chairman for the county, announced. Miss Wood said the object of the study which started in 1960 with 23. states partici pating, is to find clues that cancer is about to strike. The disease histories, phy sical complaints, diets, hab its, and other life details of 195 people above the age of 30 in the county have been collected each year by 14 volunteer workers. Miss Wood said the sixth followup is regarded as the most important since it tfill complete the required data. She said several years will be required to analyze the data. She said scientists are looking for something by which to identify high-risk cancer groups. "Among the possibilities would be identification of potential victims before can cer develops by frequent physical examinations or by some apparently innocent symptom," Miss Wood added. Volunteers helping with the program in the county are Mrs. Charles White, Sr., Bethel Community; Mrs. Jo siah Procter, Burgess; Mrs. E. L. Jennings and Mrs. C. R. Combs,, Woodville and Chap anoke; Mrs. Archie White, Whiteston; Mrs. Earl Hollo well, Mrs. Joel Hollowell and Mrs. E. N. Miller, Win fall and Parkvile; Mrs. E. A. Turner, Durants Neck-New Hope; Mrs. D. M. Jackson, Mrs. Frank Jessup and Mrs. Margaret Skinner, Hertford; and Mrs. Claude Winslow and Mrs. Gailey Chappell, Belvidere, School Forms Health Club "Charles' Conklirf, 'represent ing ; 'the 72 counties of Dis trict .6. in. "Health, Careers in North Carolina"-, : met with the Perquimans High -School Tuesday morning to show a film, "Look Toward Tomor row", and discuss the advan tages of forming a club in high school, which would help the members in choos ing courses fitting them for the thousands of openings available in the various branches of the N. C. Health Department, such as doctors, nurses, technicians, dietitians, and many other phases of health work. Forty-four students stayed for information. Mr. Wil liam Byrum, principal, and Mr. Overton, career advisor, Continued on Page Six Program Held By 4-H Clubs Perquimans County 4 - H Clubs held their annual Achievement Night at Per lUimans County High School Thursday night, November 4. The theme of the program was "Hitch Your Wagon to i Star." Dr. Carlton Bla lock, assistant director, State 1-H leader, gave the princi pal address to approximately 175 4-H'ers, parents and 'eaders and guests. Another highlight of the Achievement Night was the presentation f awards. Nancy Matthews, daughter )f Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mat '.hews, won the Horace Lay ten Award, which was pre sented by Mrs. Anderson Layden, as the outstanding Continued on Page Fiva Weekly Contest Deadline Nears Only a short time remains for subscribers to The Per quimans . Weekly to renew their , subscriptions through 'he Parent-Teacher Associa tion of the Hertford Gram mar and Winfall i Central Schools and thus help these associations raise extra funds for school activities during the current, year. The 1965 subscription ' drive L which opened -here October 15. be ing conducted by the PTA's will come to a close Mon day,' November 15. The PTA Associations are urging all PTA solicitors working on this project to complete the canvass of their territory by , Monday, s Grand jury Exonerates Supt. Diggers Of Any Criminal Act In School Talk Scheduled ByMr.Tyndall WILLIAM D. TYNDALL Edward Davenport, presi dent of Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden TB Association, announced the public is in vited to hear Chaplain Wil liam D. Tyndall, who will be the guest speaker Thursday,, November 18, at 8 P. M. at the fall board meeting of the Pasquotank - Perquimans Camden TB Association, to be held in the Agricultural Building in Hertford. Mrs. D. M. Jackson and Mrs. John Hurdle of Per quimans County will be in charge. William D. Tyndall is chaplain at the Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium, Wilson. He was born in Kinston, received his B.S. degree from Wake Forest College, having attended At lantic Christian College in Wilsohi His US.' degree is from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds a certificate in psy chiatric pastoral care from the State Hospital in Ra leigh. He also received three certificates in clinical pastoral education from the Baptist Hospital in Winston- Salem, the last being a cer tificate of Chaplain Super visor. He has served as chaplain at Eastern Sana torium since June, 1963 Prior to this time, Chaplain Tyndall worked with delin quent boys in the state in stitution in South Carolina and Louisiana. Robert Surface Taken In Death Robert C. Surface, 33, of 3305 Herbert St., Norfolk, a salesman for Hutchins Chev rolet Corp., " in Newport News, died last Wednesday in a Newport News Hospi tal. He was the husband of Mrs. Hannclore B. Surface and a son of Mrs. Anna Bak er Surface and the late Cam eron J. Surface, former resi dents of Perquimans County. A native of Charleston, W. Va., he was a veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Lutheran Church. Others surviving are a son. Robert Michael Fritz Sur face and a brother, Donald L. Surface, both of Norfolk: and two sisters, Mrs. Manuel Souza of San Diego, Calif., and Miss Melodye Surface of Norfolk. Funeral services were held Saturday at noon in the Twi ford Funeral Home in Nor folk. Burial followed at 2:00 in the Rountree Cemetery in Belvidere. Indians Scalp Scotland Neck The Perquimans Indians scalped the Scotland Neck football squad last Friday night 27-0. Kent Inscoe ac counted for two touchdowns to' lead the victory. ' Inscoe scampered 20 yards for one touchdown, and step ped five yards for the sec ond.' - On a 12-yard pass Ifrom John Decker received ; by Jim Sawyer, 1 another touch down was scored, and Phil Graham maneuvered some 25 yards' for the fourth score. Eddie Miller kicked three of four 'placements. John T. Biggers, Perquim ans County Schools Superin tendent, who publicly ex plained provisions of an au dit report turned over to the District Solicitor by the Per quimans County Board of Education for presentation to the Grand Jury in the Perquimans Weekly on Aug ust 20, 1965, was relieved of any further criminal action by a Grand Jury of the No vember term of Superior Court here Thursday, when they rendered the following report as a supplement to November 1, 1965 report, at which time the jurors had completed their work. After reviewing the special inves tigation report of July 29, 1965, submitted by Henry L. Bridges, State Auditor, the jurors reported we find no cause to pursue any further criminal action." Petitions which were cir culated throughout Perquim ans County, by a committee of public spirited citizens of the county in behalf of John T. Biggers, Perquimans Coun ty Schools Superintendent, a spokesman for the commit tee stated at the time the petitions began circulating, "We feel that the people of Perquimans County would like to take this opportun ity to express their confi dence in Mr. Biggers and in his administration of our schools." A Look Backward Aa Found In The Perquimans Weekly Files of Yesteryear NOVEMBER, 1938 Armistice Day Celebration Will Take Place In Hert ford Today Beginning at 10:45 Such was the hearty response to the appeal to work for world peace in Mat-tie- Saunders' letter to The Perquimans Weekly last week that today plans have been laid for an Armistice Day celebration, beginning with an automobile parade through Hertford, displaying peace banners and ending tonight when the members of the Woman's Club enter tain their husbands at the annual get-together, which this year takes place on Armistice Day. Ballots Endorse Your Year Terms: Pitt - Sheriff Lead: Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow and Clerk of Court Howard Pitt drew the highest num ber of votes in the election held here Tuesday. Winslow received 392 and Howard Pitt 396. $18,620 In Cotton Checks Arrive For County's Farm ers: Of an expected tolal of approximately $40,000 in cotton price adjustment pay ments for last year's crop, checks amounting to $18, 620.83 have been received in the office of L. W. Anderson,, county farm agent. Door And Bar: A date for an election on the county liquor store question has not Continued on Page Six Fowe Attending Auto Meeting Approximately 200 automo bile dealers are expected to attend the ninth annual working conference of the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association being held at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh on Friday, No vember 12, according to an announcement by NCADA Executive Secretary Mrs. Bessie B. Ballentine. Attend ing from this area was Joe Towe, Jr., of Towe Motor Company. The theme for the one-day meeting is "A Finn Founda tion for Tomorrow's Mar ket." NCADA President W. A. Raney will convene the meeting at 9:30 that morn ing. ; J. E, Norman Taken In Death John Edgar Norman, 52, a farmer of Summerfield, father of Don Norman, for merly of Hertford, now of Enfield, N. C.,' died Monday at a hospital in Reidsville. runeral services were held at 4 P. M., on Tuesday for -Mr. Norman; burial was in the i church cemetery - at Stokesdale. .
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